17th annual Pittsburgh Jewish Israeli Film Festival opens this week

By Chronicle March 1, 2010, 8:20 pm 0 Edit

Pittsburgh Jewish Israeli Film Festival Schedule March 4 to 21

Key to locations:
SSW = SouthSide Works Cinema
AWC = August Wilson Center
CMU = Carnegie Mellon University, McConomy Auditorium
Cranberry = Cranberry Cinemas
Greensburg = Carmike 15-Westmoreland Mall
South Hills = Galleria, Mt. Lebanon
Pittsburgh Filmmakers Melwood PF = Pittsburgh Filmmakers on Melwood

March 4 SSW
Opening Night
7 p.m. “A Matter of Size” (90m) and reception

March 6 SSW
8 p.m. “Mary and Max” (92m)

March 7 SSW
12 p.m. “Camera Obscura” (86m)
1:45pm “Berlin ’36” (100m)
4:00 p.m. “Brothers” (116m) (with program)

March 8 SSW
11 a.m. For Crying Out Loud “A Matter of Size” (90m)

South Hills
7 p.m. “Eli & Ben” (89m)

March 9 Cranberry
6 p.m. “Maharal” (100m)

March 10 SSW
7 p.m. “Killing Kasztner” (116m) (with director)

March 11 South Hills
2 p.m. “Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg” (92m)

SSW
6:30 p.m. Community Day Night at the Movies
For tickets to this event call: (412) 521-1100 Ext. 2117

March 13 SSW
7:30 p.m. “Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats” (83m)
9:15 p.m. “Protektor” (98m)

March 14 AWC
12 p.m. “Maharal” (100m)
For tickets to this event: (412) 456-6666

SSW
1:30 p.m. “Against the Tide” (114m)
3:45 p.m. “Esther Blueberger” (101m)
6 p.m. “Saviors in the Night” (97m)
8 p.m. “Nora’s Will” (92m)

March 15 CMU
8 p.m. “For My Father” (100m)

March 16 PF
7 p.m. Jewcy @ the Fest (for 21 to 35-year-olds)
“Breaking Upwards” (88m) (with director and star)

March 17 Greensburg
7:30 p.m. “Saviors in the Night” (97m)

March 18 SSW
7:30 p.m. “Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story” (98m) (with director)

March 19 SSW
11 a.m. For Crying
Out Loud “He’s My Girl” (90m)

March 20 SSW
8:30 p.m. “He’s My Girl” (90m) (preceded by Sidney
Turtlebaum) (18m)

9 p.m. “Ajami” (120m)

March 21 SSW
12 p.m. Student Film Competition
Kickoff with free bagels; reservations required

1 p.m. “Through My Eyes” (90m)
2:45 p.m. “Anita” (105m)
5 p.m. “Eli & Ben” (89m)

Visit Pittsburgh Jewish Israeli Film Festival or call (412) 992-5203 for more information. The ticketline is open M-F from 9-11am. Online orders are not taken for weekend films after midnight on Thursday.